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Rodney Local Board has approved several new traffic calming and road safety projects to be funded from its reduced Transport Capital Fund, which was cut back as part of widespread Auckland Council budget cuts earlier this year.
Members had been told they could expect to receive $2,658,000 from Auckland Transport (AT) back in June, but that has since been cut by nearly $300,000 to $2,366,309 for the three-year term.
“The reduction in budget reflects the pressures on AT and our funding partners following the devastating floods of early 2023 and the roading repair bill, the reduction in AT’s overall budget as required by Auckland Council, plus inflation and the rising cost of doing business,” AT said in a report to the board last month.
Members voted to allocate the money to seven separate projects, three of which are in north Rodney – the painting of a “red carpet” on the road going in to Puhoi ($11,835), the installation of speed threshold measures on Matakana Valley Road ($210,000) and $177,163 towards the construction of a pedestrian refuge on Mahurangi East Road, near Governor Grey Road, in Snells Beach.
The remaining budget went to projects in Huapai, Taupaki, Coatesville and Helensville.
A further $625,645 was allocated to complete and pay for projects already started or completed, including the new pedestrian crossing in Mansel Drive, Warkworth ($250,000), a new crossing outside Warkworth Primary School in Hill Street ($300,000) and traffic calming measures going into Point Wells Village ($67,311).
